Joel Venable
Principal API Developer DevOps Tech Lead at HAH Parking, Inc.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Venable is a Principal API Developer and DevOps Tech Lead with eight years of software engineering experience, currently leading backend architecture and CI/CD at HAH Parking in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. He specializes in designing high-performance Node.js/TypeScript APIs, migrating monolithic codebases to monorepos, and optimizing data access with direct PostgreSQL queries and automated tests. Joel has integrated complex payment and messaging systems (Braintree, Stripe, Square, Twilio, SendGrid) and cut React/Angular build times by over 30% through pipeline tuning. A former Navy logistics officer, he brings disciplined process improvement, operational rigor, and people leadership to software delivery. He also routinely implements API-first practices—adding OpenAPI/Swagger automation and Postman-based integration testing—to make services both consumable and reliably testable.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Administration, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business Administration at Bellevue UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Nashville Software School
Github Skills (191)
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aws10
javascript9
sql9
angular9
cli9
monorepo9
expressjs9
postgresql9
terraform9
extensible9
infrastructure9
development-kit9
nextjs9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
JoelVenable/capstone-fineconsign
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:146 PRs, 94 pushes, 140 branches in 2 months
nss-day-cohort-32/tribute-software-school-of-rock
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:17 PRs, 24 pushes, 5 branches in 3 months
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